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Spring 5759 / 1999, no. 7From the Editors:Everything is PersonalBy Ofir Haivry Currents:Everything Free in AmericaBy Evan Gahr Criticizing the courts isn't always a big deal. Is Iran the Only Model for a Jewish State? By Daniel Polisar Herzl and Ben-Gurion had something else in mind. Essays:The Creeping Delegitimization of Peaceful ProtestBy Evelyn Gordon A quarter million Jews assembling in prayer is more than many Israelis can handle. Did Israel Want the Six Day War? By Michael B. Oren Newly released documents reveal the government's true motives during the tense weeks leading up to June 5, 1967. Revenge of the Social Lobby By Yitzhak Klein They're back from the grave, and ready to spend: Israel's new welfare activists, undoing a decade of economic achievement. Imagine: On Love and Lennon By Ze’ev Maghen One man's tirade about universal brotherhood. Reviews:Between Authority and AutonomyReviewed by Yosef Yitzhak Lifshitz Between Authority and Autonomy in Jewish Tradition by Ze'ev Safrai Avi Saguy Eds. Courting Disaster Reviewed by Nathan J. Diament The Dissent of the Governed: A Meditation on Law, Religion and Loyalty by Stephen L. Carter Correspondence:In Search of Soul, Cultural Decadence |
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 I.B. Singer's Cruel ChoiceFate and freedom for his characters, for himself. |
 The DissidentVixi: Memoirs of a Non-Belonger and Russian Conservatism and Its Critics: A Study in Political Culture by Richard Pipes |
 The Spectacles of Isaiah BerlinThe twentieth century's greatest liberal was anything but a pluralist |
 God's Alliance with ManBy adopting the features of ancient treaties, the Bible effected a revolution in the way we relate to God and to each other. |
 Locusts, Giraffes, and the Meaning of KashrutThe most famous Jewish practice is really about love and national loyalty. |